Manchester United and Chelsea both began this years Champions League campaign with narrow victories, last seasons losing finalists United, faced a stiff test in Turkey versus Besiktas while in a constant downpour, Chelsea played host to Portuguese side Porto.
A well placed header from Paul Scholes made sure the English Champions took home all 3 points but they were not at their best on the night, at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea also had to wait until after the interval before Nicolas Anelka's strike wrapped up the points.
In Group A, Bayern Munich were tested by Israelis Maccabi Haifa Thomas Muller was the difference as he scored twice to seal the 3-0 win for the visitors.
In Group B, Bordeaux visited Juventus and came away with a 1-1 draw a goal from Vincento Iaquinta seemed to have wrapped up the win for the Italians, but Jaroslav Plasil had other ideas, it was his goal that secured a point for the French team.
Wolfsburg made their Champions' League debut by beating CSKA Moscow 3-1, with Brazilian player Grafite scoring a hat-trick for the German side.
In Group C, FC Zurich played host to Real Madrid and found themselves 3-0 down at half-time only to pull back two goals to give the home crowd real hope only for Real to score twice more in a 5-2 win.
Elsewhere in Group C, Marseille suffered a 2-1 home defeat to AC Milan, Fillipo Inzaghi scored both goals for the visitors whilst Gabriel Heinze netted the French sides only goal of the game.
In Chelsea's group, Group D, Athletico Madrid played host to APOEL Nicosia, where the the game finished in a goalless draw.
Tuesday 22 September 2009
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